Fantasy Football for Smart People: The Hidden Psychology of Winning DFS
Bales on cognitive biases, public psychology and predicting DFS ownership
About Fantasy Football for Smart People: The Hidden Psychology of Winning DFS
Jonathan Bales looks at how cognitive biases such as recency bias, overconfidence and poor risk handling shape decisions by DFS players and the wider public. The second half uses data to show how those tendencies affect player ownership in tournaments and how to take advantage of them.
Features
- Cognitive bias primer for DFS
- Recency bias and overconfidence
- Risk and uncertainty handling
- Ownership forecasting
- Data-driven NFL tournament analysis
- 192-page paperback
Sports and sites covered
Sports
Works with
Not tied to a specific DFS site.
Pricing
From $9.99 once
Kindle $9.99; paperback $19.93 at time of check
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